Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout on Tuesday said in the State Assembly that the rising temperature of the climate was having an adverse impact on agriculture.
The United Progressive Alliance government will provide wheat and rice to below poverty line people at Rs 3 a kg under the proposed Food Security Act only till it remains in power at the Centre.
Fires are raging on a daily basis in the forests of Kerala as major rivers, freshwater lakes and ponds have begun to dry up at the very start of the summer. Weathermen are warning that the heat could get more intense in the coming days and rains are unlikely immediately.
A Swedish entrepreneur is trying to market and sell a biodegradable plastic bag that acts as a single-use toilet for urban slums in the developing world.
Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing pathogens found in feces.
THRISSUR: A state-level workshop to discuss and finalise the package of practice recommendations for crops was inaugurated at Kerala Agriculture University vice-chancellor K R Viswambharan on Wednesday. Scientists, extension officials and farmers took part in the workshop.
THE government is about to check the rampant import of food items flooding the market with a comprehensive set of rules that will trigger a recall of foods in case of contamination and issue alerts and warnings on dubious ingredients.
Parliament could see a sharp division on those seeking to protect interests of the farmers and those of the consumers during the debate on price rise in coming days. While Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has taken a position in favour of food grain producers, the Opposition is gearing up to censure the Centre for ignoring aam aadmi.
